#be

It's challenging to find an identity as a young person if you don't have the sustenance of love, because you're being shipped around. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #being #challenging #find #identity

Don't give up, be positive and if you know someone who knows someone at a record company don't stop beating down their door till you get heard. Don't ever say it'll never happen or it'll never happen. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#company #door #down #ever #get

I knew one thing: as soon as anyone said you didn't need a gun, you'd better take one along that worked. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#anyone #better #gun #i #knew

It's very weird because the 'It' guy usually is not the 'It' guy next year or even a guy that anyone is talking about. ↗

— Shia LaBeouf

#anyone #because #even #guy #next

I believe there are certain things that God uses to get us out of a bad situation, and I believe music was one of the things he used for me. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#bad situation #believe #certain #certain things #get

I don't know. Only God knows where the story ends for me, but I know where the story begins. It's up to us to choose, whether we win or lose and I choose to win. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#choose #ends #god #i #know

I've never been a mean person. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#i #mean #never #person

You don't have to sacrifice who you are to follow your beliefs. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#follow #sacrifice #who #you #your

Thank you so much for supporting me from the day I stepped foot into the music industry. It really means something to me to have Maya Angelou speak on my behalf. It also means a lot to have Oprah on my speed dial! ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#angelou #behalf #day #dial #foot

When I was a kid, I needed to sing because it makes me feel good about myself. It makes me feel good, period. ↗

— Mary J. Blige

#because #feel #feel good #good #i